Tag: incident investigation

Lifeboat engine starting in cold weather

Breakaway of Tanker Harbour Feature from its moorings, resulting in the subsequent allision with the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge

The ATSB has issued marine investigation report on the machinery failure on HC Rubina and subsequent contact with the wharf

The Swedish P&I Club Monthly Safety Scenario for November 2014 The Swedish P&I Club published its Monthly Safety Scenario for November 2014 regardingcargo damage caused by excessive heating.The Swedish Club publishes on a monthly basis a new "Monthly Safety Scenario" (MSS) to assist owners in their efforts of complying with the maritime regulations.The bulk carrier was in southeastern Asian port loading bagged parboiled rice. The temperature was over 40oC and the sea temperature was over 30oC. . A surveyor was present during the loading. He tested the rice and the moisture content was precisely on the acceptable limit.During loading it rained a couple of times and the bags which were on a dunnage system got wet as there was no protection against the rain and the stevedores didnt stop loading in time. The surveyor didnt test the bags that had been exposed to rain.The cargo was loaded up almost to the cargohatch cover, so air circulation was limited in thehold. After completing the loading the cargoholds were fumigated with phosphine.The first four days of the voyage the cargoholds were under gas and then the hatch coverswere opened and ventilated as per best practice.The engineers started to heat some of the ...

The UK MAIB has issued report on the Failure of the controllable pitch propeller of the chemical tanker Key Bora

The UK MAIB has issued report on the investigation of the Grounding of the liquefied gas carrier Navigator Scorpio

NTSB has issued Marine Accident Brief regarding Allision of Bulk Carrier Herbert C. Jackson with the Jefferson Avenue Bridge

UK MAIB issued report on the investigation of the collision between the multi-purpose cargo ship Rickmers Dubai with an un-manned crane barge

TSB released an investigation report regarding the collision between bulk carrier Heloise and tug Ocean Georgie Bain in the Port of Montreal

The TSB has issued marine investigation report on the grounding of the passenger vessel Louis Jolliet off Sainte-Petronille, Ile D' Orleans, Quebec on 16 May, 2013